What does the Council buy?

What does the Council buy?

The Commercial Team are eager to get in touch and work with local suppliers.

The Commercial Team supports the Council and connected organisations such as Public Health and the Local Enterprise Partnership to procure goods, services and works compliantly in-line with UK procurement regulations. The below is an indicative list. Check our Procurement Portal to view our forthcoming and current opportunities.

The Commercial Team planned pipeline is an indicative 24 month forward look of potential commercial activity to be undertaken by the council but is subject to change. See the spreadsheet below to view an overview of the plan.

View our commercial pipeline plan (Excel)

What we buy

The Council buys a wide variety of goods, services and works including:

Adults' Social Care and other supporting services
Children’s Supporting Services including social care, education, and early help
consultants and professional services
community equipment and maintenance services
contractors for infrastructure projects such as highways, buildings, and bridges
energy
facilities management
IT software and hardware
property management services
public health services
transport services
waste management and disposal services

The Council’s Net Zero Carbon commitments

We are committed to reducing our carbon emissions to net zero by 2050 from our own operations and activities. What we buy, and who we buy from, will play a large part in meeting our target. We encourage suppliers to review our Net Zero Plan and the part that you can play in helping us to reach our objectives through our supply chain. The links below provide further advice, support and funding opportunities to enable suppliers to reduce their own carbon footprints:

Net Zero 51��¥ support and grants

The Net Zero 51��¥ Programme offers fully funded decarbonisation and energy efficiency assessments with an expert energy advisor for eligible businesses. The review can help you to discover areas to reduce your carbon footprint and there is also an opportunity to apply for grant funding to implement projects.

National Government scheme to provide support towards the costs of the purchase, installation and infrastructure of electric vehicle chargepoints at eligible places of work

The Sustainability Forum is a series of free events aimed at encouraging businesses across our region to reduce the environmental impacts of their business operations through energy and resource efficiency improvements, as well as wider sustainability good practice.

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